zuó
捽
to tug; to pull; to grab (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to tug; to pull; to grab hold of; to seize
dialectDialectal variant of standard Mandarin 揪 (jiū), used in certain northern dialects to mean pulling or grabbing with force.
Xiǎo小
háir孩
zuó儿
zhù𪮖
mā住
ma妈
de妈
yī的
fu衣
bù服
fàng不
放
。
The child tugged at his mother's clothes and wouldn't let go.
Tā他
zuó𪮖
zhe着
tā他
gē胳
bo膊
jiù就
wǎng往
wài外
zǒu走
。
He grabbed him by the arm and dragged him outside.